Hatboro Police Kept Busy Monday Night

Monday night proved to be very busy for police, a gas station robbery and a knife attack happening less than a quarter mile away from each other, less than an hour part on York Road in the Hatboro’s business district.

7:42 p.m. York and Byberry Roads: Gas Station Robbery

Police tell The Intelligencer newspaper that a man wearing a flesh colored Halloween mask robbed the Sunoco gas station at York and Byberry Roads.

The robber did not show a weapon in the robbery but police tell the newspaper he had his hands in his pocket and the attendant assumed he was armed and turned the stations cash over to the robber.

After getting the undisclosed amount of cash the criminal took off running and Hatboro police called in a K-9 unit from Upper Moreland to aid in the search for the robber. The police and K-9 unit could not find the robber and police are still investigating trying to find out the criminals indentify.

8:30 p.m. York Road near DeLuca Music: Knife Attack

A brawl erupted around 8:30 p.m. outside the DeLuca Music Company on York Road in Hatboro Monday after a woman was threatened with a knife by a man who threatened her 14-year-old son, the woman’s husband attacked the man after he pulled the knife.

The Intelligencer newspaper reports that the attacker Kevin N. Sonnie, 31, who has no permanent residence and is considered a “transient”. Sonnie is being held in Montgomery County jail and is charged with felony assault and other related charges.

Police tell the newspaper that the 14-year-old boy was threatened by Sonnie, when the teen’s mother confronted him, he pulled a knife and began waving it. The woman’s husband arrived to see Sonnie pull the knife and acted by attacking Sonnie and received a slash wound from the knife during the scuffle.

The 14-year-old boy ran to father’s vehicle to pull a wrench which was used to subdue Sonnie.

Tom Sofield (tsofield@buxmontnews.com)
Online Editor

Hatboro Man Killed After Motorcycle Crash in Western Pennsylvania

A 41-year-old man from Hatboro was killed near Pittsburgh Saturday afternoon following a horrific motorcycle crash.


Brian Christopher Helm was traveling on a stretch of highway, I-79 in Ohio Township, Allegheny County, when the motorcycle he was riding on veered into the median of the highway and he lost control.


The motorcycle Helm was driving overturned after he lost control and flung him 132 feet.


Investigators have no idea what caused Helm to lose control of the motorcycle.


The Associated Press filed a report saying that first responders pronounced Helm dead shortly after they had arrived. An autopsy was performed today by the Allegheny County Coroner’s Office.


Tom Sofield (tsofield@buxmontnews.com)
Online Editor

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Police closed Byberry Road near Pioneer Road in Upper Moreland early Friday morning due to road flooding. (Tom Sofield)

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A tree limb that fell along Second Street Pike in Upper Southampton Thursday afternoon as the storm began to intensify. (Tom Sofield)

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83 Year Old Woman Hit While Crossing York Road

The Courier Times Newspaper is reporting that Hatboro police are searching for the driver of a black Ford Explorer SUV who hit an 83 year old Philadelphia woman and then fled the scene.

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Police tell the paper that a passenger who owned the Explorer got out to help the woman and that’s when the driver of the SUV fled along with the vehicle.

Hatboro Police Chief James Gardner said the elderly woman was alert when paramedics took her to the hospital after the accident.

The accident happened near Produce Junction and Joe’s Pizza on York Road.

On August 30 of this year two young children were struck by a car while crossing York Road in Warminster less than a mile away.

Nearby police in Upper Moreland found the SUV but police are still searching for the person who was driving it.

Tom Sofield (tsofield@buxmontnews.com)
Online Editor